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Monday, November 10, 2014

Guest Post from Hunter Shea for his "Hell Hole" Virtual Tour

By The Fire

Imagine it’s the turn of the 20th century. You’ve
traveled by horse into a vast scrubland. Maybe you’re looking for your corner
of the American Dream, or tracking down takes of gold, or you just want to get
away from these new, congested places they call cities. You gather some
firewood and as night falls, you whip up some beans and biscuits. As the fire
crackles, you realize you can’t see more than five feet past the dancing
flames.

You’re alone, in the dark, in a strange land. You’ve heard
tales of renegade Indians, refusing to live on the reservation, hungry for
vengeance on the white devil. There are plenty of stories of thieves, killers,
marauders who stalk the plains and prairies, out to rob and kill.

Albie, your horse, gives a frightened whinny. What’s that?
Is something out there? A twig snaps beyond the weak light. You hunker down in
your bedroll, pistol in hand, one eye open a crack. There won’t be much sleep
tonight.

A scene like that is the stuff of a horror writer’s wet
dreams. It’s hard to write a modern day tale that cuts to the core of our fears
– isolation and superstition. We’re packed so tightly together now and
according to science, all our mysteries have been debunked. Phooey.

That’s exactly why I felt writing my next horror book set in
the old west would be a delectable setting for a true tall tale meant to give a
major case of the shivers. Hell Hole
is, I’ve recently learned, a Weird West novel. I can attest, it is weird, and
does take place in the west, out where the Union Pacific Railroad won’t stop.
There be ghosts and monsters in them thar hills. How would you feel, the hills
at your back, your fire dwindling as the night wears on?

Let Hell Hole take
you there.

Deep in a Wyoming mine, hell awaits.
Former cattle driver, Rough Rider and current New York City cop Nat
Blackburn is given an offer he can’t refuse by President Teddy Roosevelt. Tales
of gold in the abandoned mining town of Hecla, in the Deep Rock Hills, abound.
The only problem–those who go seeking their fortune never return.
Along with his constant companion, Teta, a hired gun with a thirst for
adventure, Nat travels to a barren land where even animals dare not tread. But
the remnants of Hecla are far from empty. Black-eyed children, strange lights
and ferocious wild men venture from the deep, dark mine...as well as a force so
sinister Nat’s and Teta’s very souls are in jeopardy.

There’s a mystery in Hecla thousands of years old. Solving it could spell
the end of the world.

"A frightening, gripping story
that left me too frightened to sleep with the lights off. This novel scared the
hell out of me and it is definitely a creepy ghost story I won't soon
forget." --Night Owl Reviews

Sinister Entity

"This is the real deal. The
fear is palpable. Horror novels don't get much better than this." --Literal
Remains

". . .Culminates in a climactic
showdown between human and spirit that keeps you glued to the pages!" --Horror
Novel Reviews

Evil Eternal

"Hunter Shea has crafted
another knockout. At turns epic and intimate, both savage and elegant. . .a
harrowing, blood-soaked nightmare." --Jonathan Janz, author of The
Sorrows

Hunter Shea is the author of paranormal and horror novels Forest of Shadows, Swamp Monster Massacre,
Evil Eternal, Sinister Entity, which are all published by Samhain
Horror.HellHole came out in August 2014 and is his first western horror.
His next Samhain novel, Island of the
Forbidden, publishes January 2015.

The June 3, 2014 release of his horrifying thriller Montauk Monster was published by
Kensington/Pinnacle.He’s working on a second
novel to come through them.

He has also written a short story to be read prior to Sinister Entity, called The Graveyard Speaks (it’s free, go
download!), and a book of stories called Asylum
Scrawls. His next book from Samhain Horror, titled HellHole, is set to come out in August 2014 and is his first
western horror.

His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Dark
Moon Digest, Morpheus Tales, and the upcoming anthology, Shocklines : Fresh Voices in Terror. His obsession with all things horrific
has led him to real life exploration of the paranormal, interviews with
exorcists, and other things that would keep most people awake with the lights
on.

He is also half of the two men show, Monster Men, which is a
video podcast that takes a fun look at the world of horror. You can read about
his latest travails and communicate with him at www.huntershea.com, on Twitter
@HunterShea1, Facebook fan page at Hunter Shea or the Monster Men 13 channel on
YouTube.